10 January 2017

Whats On?

Parents’s Association AGM

The AGM
of the Parents’ Association will be held on Wednesday 18th January@ 7:30pm. Our PA have been a huge asset to our school and have
allowed us to enrich the pupils experience through Santa visits, playground
game resources, our refurbished computer room, lap tops, books etc. We urge all
parents to attend and find out what’s going on in your children’s school.

Theatre Visit

The Clán
Clúain Theatre Company will be here for their annual visit on Tuesday the 17th
January. Each year they bring the history curriculum to life performing one of
the great Irish legends to the delight of our pupils. 2nd, 3rd
and 4th classes attend. This will cost €2 per pupil.

This year
they will perform ‘Diarmuid and Grainne’.

Hurling

Hurling
will begin again this term on Wed 18th & Thur 19st
January.

Debating

Our 6th
Class debating team will be preparing once again, as we await details of our opponents.

Credit Union Table Quiz

This
competition is going ahead again this year. Mr Shine will be setting questions
for 5th and 6th classes to choose representatives for the
junior and senior competitions. The competition takes place on the 27th
January.

Catholic Schools Week

This year this celebration will be from the 29th
of January to the 4th of Feb. There will be activities of prayer,
reflection, hymns and art going on during the week within the school.

Our Grandparents’ Mass will be celebrated this
year on Wed 1st Feb@ 10am in St Mary’s of the Rosary.

2nd classes will be working on
projects on their grandparents with a view to displaying them in the church for
this Mass.

First Confessions

2nd
classes are preparing now for their First Confessions, and they will receive
the sacrament during the first week of February. Details to follow.

Swimming lessons commenced on the 10th
Jan for three weeks for Mrs Hanly’s, Mr Shine’s and Mr Buckley’s classes.

Literacy

Our Christmas assembly for report writing was a
great success with some very informative reports on animals such as arctic
wolves, the elephant, the Siberian husky, the maine coon, anacondas, turtles, the
peacock and algae eating fish, as well as thought provoking reports on Bill
Goldberg and Elvis Presley. All of these are currently displayed on one of our notice
boards in the front hall.

This
term we will be working on a new writing genre; Exposition Writing. We will also cover the comprehension strategy,
Making Connections. Each class will present their winning Expositions at
assembly in a few weeks.

SPHE

All classes will be covering the Stay Safe Programme
and RSE in the next few weeks.

Website and Twitter

This
newsletter can be found in the Parents’ section of our website. Please also
ensure you check out our website for monthly reports on what has been happening
in our school and follow us on twitter @nenaghcbsp

General
Reminders

Students are not allowed to have
phones switched on during any school activity, be it based in the school or
other venues. This is a child protection issue which we take seriously. If a
student is found to have a phone switched on, it will be taken and can be
redeemed from the principal’s office by a parent.

The correct school uniform should be
worn by all pupils at all times. There are specific tracksuit days, which class
teachers will make pupils aware of, other than that the standard uniform should
be worn at all times as stated in the rules of the school.

School opening times

Please be
reminded that school begins at 9.10 am each day. Please ensure that your child
is on time each day. Note: Supervision
is provided in the yard from 8.50am. CBS does not accept liability before
this time.

Midterm
Break

The school will be closed on Thursday the 23rd and Friday the
24th of February for midterm break this year.